Alternative spellings of this word include Kanchanagiri.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि) is the name of an elephant possessing the ability to travel to the air (vyomacara), as mentioned to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 118. Accordingly, as Indra said to emperor Merudhvaja: “... and receive from me these two air-going elephants, Kāñcanagiri and Kāñcanaśekhara, together with mighty weapons”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Kāñcanagiri, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

See Kancanapabbata.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि) is another for Sumeru: a mountain mentioned in the Gupta inscription No. 17 and 32. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Sumeru is identified with Rudra Himālaya in Garhwal, where the river Gaṅgā has its source, it is near Badarikāśrama.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि).—Name of the mountain Meru; Bhāgavata 5.16.28.

Derivable forms: kāñcanagiriḥ (काञ्चनगिरिः).

Kāñcanagiri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāñcana and giri (गिरि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि).—m.

(-riḥ) Mount Sumeru. E. kāñcana, and giri a mountain; the golden mountain.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि).—m. a name of Meru, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 16, 28.

Kāñcanagiri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāñcana and giri (गिरि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि).—[masculine] the golden mountain (Sumeru).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि):—[=kāñcana-giri] [from kāñcana > kāñc] m. ‘golden-mountain’, Name of Meru, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 16, 28]

2) [v.s. ...] of an elephant, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kāñcanagiri (काञ्चनगिरि):—[kāñcana-giri] (riḥ) 2. m. Sumeru.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kancanagiri in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Giri, Kancana.

Full-text: Kancanadri, Kancanacala, Kanakagiri, Sumeru, Kancanapabbata, Kancanashekhara.

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